Endoscope camera head
AssigneeSony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc.
InventorsFuminori TANAHASHI, Kohtaro AMANO
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Abstract
An endoscope camera head 6 includes a first and a second members 8, 9 that are relatively rotatable about a first axis Ax1. The first member 8 has a first rotation-sliding surface 84 that extends in an annular shape about the first axis Ax1 as its center. The second member 9 has a second rotation-sliding surface 93 that engages with the first rotation-sliding surface 84 in a state in which movement to a direction of the first axis Ax1 relative to the first member 8 is restricted, and that rotation-slides relative to the first rotation-sliding surface 84 about the first axis Ax1. The second rotation-sliding surface 93 abuts only on a part of the first rotation-sliding surface 84, to expose a part of the first rotation-sliding surface 84 outside.
Claims6
An endoscope camera head comprising
- a first member and a second member that are capable of rotating relative to each other about a first axis, wherein
- the first member has a first rotation-sliding surface that extends in an annular shape about the first axis as a center,
- the second member engages with the first rotation-sliding surface in a state in which movement to a direction of the first axis is restricted relative to the first member, and has a second-rotation sliding surface that rotation-slides relatively to the first rotation-sliding surface about the first axis, and
- the second rotation-sliding surface abuts only on a part of the first rotation-sliding surface, to expose a part of the first rotation-sliding surface outside.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.